Sharpie + Ikea Rug = Saving Thousands of Dollars

Materials: Adum 4×6 Ikea Rug, Sharpie, Painters Tape

Description: To create a Beni Ouarain style rug, (1) measure (feel free to make the lines perfect or imperfect) and (2) lay out painter’s tape in one direction. (3) Draw a line down one side of the tape using a sort of scrubbing motion with the sharpie. (4) Peel tape and reuse in the reverse direction. (5) Repeat step (3), peel off tape and you’re done!

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Jules IKEAHacker "I am Jules, the engine behind IKEAHackers and the one who keeps this site up and running. My mission is to capture all the wonderful, inspiring, clever hacks and ideas for our much loved IKEA items".

Yeeeeeeah… The originals look kind of terrible. Your hack is much more aesthetically pleasing, but that sadly isn’t saying much. Then again, I’d have to see how it looks with the rest of your room to pass judgement.

Wow. Apparently y’all have never heard the saying “if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all”. Also it clearly isn’t a “mistake” as the person posting is happy with it. I hope some of you realise what an ass you look criticising someone so pointlessly.

Thanks for the feature Jules! To answer the comment above, we’ve been using the rug for a month now and the sharpie doesn’t rub off at all. I don’t think it has gotten wet yet (it is in a bedroom) but I don’t think anything will happen if it does since it is a sharpie.

This isn’t as impressive or neat as previous hacks involving painted chevrons, etc. on rugs. It mostly just looks like you drew all over your carpet. Maybe some sort of fabric paint would look more ‘finished’?

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